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I have often shared with my students and church members that telling a half truth is the same as telling a whole lie. Reason being is that in most cases half of the truth that is not being told is the most important information needed in making an appropriate assessment of the situation.

The same can be said regarding a recent article in The Lancaster News entitled “Three Schools to Swap Principals.”

They were in a church to worship Jesus, not knowing they had let a maniac in their doors. Demons walk on this Earth and this man was truly a demon. He tried to start a race war, but instead he brought us closer.

I would just like to say I am praying for the families of these nine victims and also, for the family of the man who did this terrible act. May the comforter be with you and bring you peace.

While Gov. Nikki Haley’s vetoes may have totaled a miniscule portion of the budget, it didn’t stop lawmakers from overriding a significant number of her 87 vetoes (83 on the General Appropriations bill, three on the Capital Reserve Fund bill, and one on the Supplemental Appropriations bill). The House sustained only 17 of the 87 vetoes and the Senate another two.

The Legislature moved quickly through the vetoes, often not even feigning serious debate to the possibility of sustaining a veto.

Baltimore has seen riots, demonstrations and destruction. When students asked what I thought of the whole thing, I said I didn’t have all the facts, so my opinion would be based on hearsay.

At that, one of my students began a tirade on police brutality with their own set of facts, which they assured me were accurate. Another student went all the way back to Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, New York and Charleston, speaking of the evils of police brutality.

Fire protection is a key function of government, and a system of robust volunteer fire departments, supplemented as necessary by paid firefighters, is essential to the financial health of Lancaster County.

The question as to how to best provide the paid assistance while maintaining the strength of the volunteer departments is of prime importance.

As these words are being written, the ceremony of lowering the Confederate flag at the capital is happening – literally.

In the end, it simply came down.

There were no speeches by politicians. There were not bands playing. There were no elaborate ceremonies. It all ended with seven state troopers – white and black, male and female – silently walking across the capital lawn, lowering the flag, rolling it up and giving it to a nameless state employee to be taken to a museum.

The book of Ruth demonstrates the providence of God. It occurred during the days of the judges, when “every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” When there was a famine in Israel, Elimelech and Naomi left their home in Bethlehem to sojourn in the land of Moab.

Tragedy followed. Elimelech died, leaving Naomi and her two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. They married Moabite women, but then both died after about 10 years in Moab. When Naomi heard that the famine had ended in Israel, she decided to return home.